Military gliders (an offshoot of common gliders) have been used by the militaries of various countries for carrying troops (glider infantry) and heavy...

designed to descend as gliders and in the past military gliders have been used in warfare. Some simple and familiar types of glider are toys such as paper...

The Glider Badge was a special skills badge of the United States Army. According to the U.S. Army Institute of Heraldry, the badge was awarded to personnel...

The Waco CG-4 was the most widely used American troop/cargo military glider of World War II. It was designated the CG-4A by the United States Army Air...

inserted into enemy-controlled territory via military glider. Initially developed in the late 1930s by Germany, glider infantry units were used extensively during...

The Airspeed AS.51 Horsa was a British troop-carrying glider used during the Second World War. It was developed and manufactured by Airspeed Limited, alongside...

The Glider Pilot Regiment was a British airborne forces unit of the Second World War, which was responsible for crewing the British Army's military gliders...

A glider or sailplane is a type of glider aircraft used in the leisure activity and sport of gliding (also called soaring). This unpowered aircraft can...

component of military strategies, such as the German Blitzkrieg or the American and Japanese aircraft carrier campaigns of the Pacific. Military gliders were...

routes as longer than 4,000 km (2,200 nmi) and medium-haul between. The military glider is an unpowered tactical air transport which has been used in some...

by air force G = Glidflygplan "glider" Se = Segelflygplan, "soarer" (sailplane), Lg = Lastglidare, "transport glider" (Aircraft still in service have...

Glider snatch pick-up (GSPU) was a technique used by the Allies of World War II to launch a military glider with a low-flying powered aircraft (the tow...

Aircraft Limited GAL.49 Hamilcar or Hamilcar Mark I was a large British military glider produced during the Second World War, which was designed to carry heavy...

This is a complete list of Second World War military gliders. Only vehicles that reached at least the prototype stage are included in this list. I.Ae....

The General Aircraft GAL.48 Hotspur was a military glider designed and built by the British company General Aircraft Ltd during World War II. When the...

Gigant ("Giant") was a German military transport aircraft of World War II. It was a powered variant of the Me 321 military glider and was the largest land-based...

Grouse Norwegians and proceed to Vemork. This attempt failed when the military gliders (and one of their tugs, a Handley Page Halifax) crashed short of their...

fabric-covered two-seat Piper J-3 Cub had a military version. Gliders and balloons have also been used as military aircraft; for example, balloons were used...

The Junkers Ju 322 Mammut (German for mammoth) was a heavy transport military glider, resembling a giant flying wing, proposed for use by the Luftwaffe...

armored vehicles or artillery which can be dropped by parachute or military glider. The problem with air-dropping vehicles is that their crews drop separately...

glider-borne attack on the Belgian fortress of Eben-Emael and their use in the Battle of Crete convinced the US military that they would need glider-borne...

The DFS 230 was a German transport glider operated by the Luftwaffe in World War II. It was developed in 1933 by the Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug...

In addition to this biplane and its modifications, a small series of gliders A-9 and A-10 were created and built in the pilot production in Novosibirsk...

Hengist was a British military glider designed and built by Slingsby Sailplanes Ltd. Like other British troop carrying gliders in the Second World War...

contract Glider Schools were subsequently closed or converted into Primary Flight Schools and all glider training was conducted by military glider pilot...

light troop military glider of World War II. Shortly after the German attack in 1941, Soviet headquarters realized a need for transport gliders and ordered...

The Waco CG-15 was an American military glider, which was developed from the CG-4. Although outwardly similar to its predecessor and carrying the same...

gliders. The German use of glider-borne attack on the Belgian fortress of Eben-Emael and their use in the Battle of Crete convinced the US military that...

Slingsby T.17 – military transport glider project to meet Air Ministry Specification 10/40, not built. Slingsby T.18 Hengist – military glider 1942 Slingsby...

Soviet light troop/cargo military glider of World War II. The Soviet Union was the world's pioneer in designing transport gliders - the first design, the...